GRAND RAPIDS -- Two of the seven full-time Grand Rapids Rampage staff members whose jobs were scheduled to be eliminated Friday as a result of layoffs following the cancellation of the 2009 Arena Football League season have joined the Grand Rapids Griffins.

The Griffins of the American Hockey League announced Wednesday the hiring of Ruth Lobbestael as a corporate sales account manager and Scott Bradfield as a ticket sales account executive.

Lobbestael began her career as a corporate sales account executive with the Rampage in January 2006, shortly after graduating from Calvin College with a business management and psychology degree. The Grand Rapids native was named the team's employee of the year for 2006.

Bradfield spent two seasons with the Rampage in a ticket sales account executive position. The Hudsonville native graduated from Aquinas College in 2007 with a sports management degree.